Greatest Cell Telephone Provider for Van Life –

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Greatest Cell Telephone Provider for Van Life –


As a van lifer who works from the street, having dependable web in my van is essential. A typical work day in my van would possibly embody Zoom calls with my van teaching purchasers, sending dozens of emails, updating my web site, and importing photographs to my weblog and movies to Instagram. These are data-heavy actions, and a sluggish web connection means glitchy video calls and a number of wasted time whereas I sit round ready for pages to load.

I’ve a Starlink for once I’m tenting in my van and out of cell vary, however the Starlink dish isn’t completely put in on the roof of my van. So except I’m parked someplace for an prolonged interval and take the time to arrange my Starlink, it implies that I’m most of the time utilizing my cellular phone as my major supply of web.

I’ve been a Verizon buyer for practically 20 years. When evaluating service whereas tenting with my van life buddies, it’s clear that Verizon has the most effective protection, particularly in distant areas across the US. Nonetheless, just a few years in the past, certainly one of my Bearfoot Concept contributors (Courtney Stephenson) switched to a service I’d by no means heard of: Seen. As a full-time van lifer who was working remotely (together with from down in Baja), Courtney was so pleased with the service that she wrote a Seen overview right here on the weblog.

This yr as my contract with Verizon was up, I made a decision to modify to Seen too. With Verizon, I used to be paying $115 a month, and now with Seen+, my plan is just $45 a month (or $395 for a complete yr when paid yearly). Switching to Seen was lots simpler than I anticipated, and I’m sooooo joyful to be saving practically $1,000 a yr on my cellphone invoice, particularly when the service is comparable.

Seen is definitely owned by Verizon and operates on Verizon’s 5G and 4G LTE networks. Aside from having the identical protection as Verizon, Seen additionally presents limitless knowledge, speak, textual content, and cellular hotspot utilization. It virtually appeared too good to be true, however I had nothing to lose giving Seen a strive. Seen requires no annual contract, so I knew if I didn’t prefer it as a lot as Courtney did, I might simply change again to Verizon or one other service.

I’ve been testing Seen for just a few months now – and I’m satisfied it’s the most effective cellular phone service in the marketplace for van lifers. It was so easy to modify over, billing is easy, and there are not any hidden taxes or charges. Additionally in evaluating my service to my companion Ryan’s (who continues to be with Verizon), I haven’t observed any distinction in velocity or protection, and I’ve executed velocity exams to show it.

On this up to date Seen overview, I break down Seen plan choices and pricing, the professionals and cons of Seen, and my private expertise utilizing Seen to work remotely on the street.